New items today at Thompson & Morgan

Tulip Red and Yellow Mix 100 bulbs £19.99
The fiery reds and bold yellows of this awesome blend look amazing planted anywhere in your garden.

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Reduced price on products today at Crocus

bugle was £5.49 now £3.99
Position: full sun or partial shadeSoil: any moist, well-drained soilRate of growth: fast-growingFlowering period: MayHardiness: fully hardyA useful plant for the edge of a shady border, ajuga also makes good groundcover as it soon knits together to form an evergreen carpet. This one has large, glossy, bronze-purple leaves with dense, upright spires of purple spring flowers. This variety is perfect for covering large areas since it has bigger leaves and is particularly vigourous. It also copes well with sun and poor soils, but does not like to dry out.Garden care: To rejuvenate and minimise congestion lift and divide clumps in late autumn or early spring every two years.

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Loads of new products today at Crocus

hotspot-large-urban-party-fire-pit-urban-880-firepit-barbecue £149.99
The new range of Urban Firepits include a stainless steel protective bar, hinged cooking grill and spark guard. The Firepits combine warmth with light; they are functional great fun and very attractive and can be powered by either charcoal or wood.Size -880dia x 400 (mm)Weight – 16kg

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RAw garden have great garden furniture and barbeques, everything you need in fact to really enjoy the garden!

Here are new products which are now available from Raw Garden that we think might make your summer more fun!

Bugband Insect Repellent
Great idea – easy for kids to wear so they don’t get nibbled by the bugs!

Repels Mosquitoes, Flies, Gnats, No-See-Ums and Fleas. Use this band throughout
the sunny spells to rid yourself of those annoying pests. Naturally derived active
ingredients, water resistant and safe for the entire family! Can be warn on your
wrists, ankles, belt loops or back packs. Perfect for festival goers, golfers
or any sportsmen! One size fits all and is available in 4 different colours.

Our Price £3.99

Dancook Gas Barbecue 6000 with Free Weather Cover

The ultimate gas grill barbecue for the gourmet. Still looking for that ultimate
barbecue for the summer? Then look no further! With over 30% off RRP, this BBQ
is an absolute steal! It also comes with a free Weather Cover to protect your
investment. All deliveries within 2 – 3 working days. You will not be disappointed!

Our Price £399.00

Dancook Gas Barbecue 6001 with Free Weather Cover

The ultimate gas grill barbecue for the gourmet. With 5 stainless steel burners,
outside cooking has never been easier! With over 35% off RRP, this BBQ is an absolute
steal! It also comes with a free Weather Cover to protect your investment.

Our Price £499.00

There’s a brand new machine out that allows you to grow plants in your kitchen without soil – Power Plant Growing Machine – buy at Firebox.com

aeroponics is the name given to this new NASA inspired  growing technique utilised by the Power Plant. An internal microjet system constantly sprays roots with super-oxygenated, nutrient rich water so crops grow bigger and stronger. Grow herbs easily in your kitchen! A great gadget for people who love fresh herbs but don’t have a garden! This is a real techie toy for someone to play with – and you can grow great edible plants so easily!

Plant growing machine

Please note:

• The Power Plant Growing Machine needs to be powered by the mains at all times during the process

Features:

• No bugs, no worms, no dirt
• You can grow any plant indoors all season long
• Crops are often larger than soil grown plants
• Very low maintenance gardening
• Sponges can be re-used once you’ve harvested the crops

Dimensions:

• Power Plant approximately 20cm (W) x 15.5cm (L) x 7cm (D)
• Packaging approximately 24cm (W) x 18.5cm (H) x 14.8cm (D)

Contents:

• 1x Growing system
• 1x Nutrient mix
• 2x Grow sponges
• 1x Pump
• 12volt power supply
• 3x Humidadomes
• 1x Instruction Booklet

Everyone should be planting Bee Friendly plants and flowers.

You can even have a bee house in your garden (Not a hive!) Bee products at Crocus
Which includes some bee nesting boxes and pipes for bees to live in – specially made houses designed to meet wild bees needs.

There’s a huge list recommended by the RHS available at Crocus – Bee Friendly wildflower plug plants

Encourage your neighbours to plant more flowers to help too, or even email your local council and ask them what they can do to help with the bees needs? If too many bees die then it’s a food disaster for humans – not just because we eat honey but because bees are essential for polination of our food crops!

If you’ve only got a lawn, then leave it a bit longer and let the buttercups, dandelions and clover grow! Once they flower the bees will come and spend hours buzzing about. Recently our grass verges were full of white clover flowers and the number of bees was incredible!

Annuals – these are easy to grow and can be sown directly in the ground. Try some in pots and pass them on to neighbours too to ensure there’s loads of flowers available for the bees.
Borage (Borago officinalis)
Buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum)
Californian poppy (Eschscholzia californica)
Candytuft (Iberis species)
China aster (Callistephus chinensis)
Clarkia (Clarkia species)
Cornflower (Centaurea cyanus)
Cosmos (Cosmos bipinnatus)
Forget-me-not (Myosotis species)
Gilia capitata
Godetia (Clarkia species)
Heliotrope (Heliotropium cultivars)
Love-in-a-mist (Nigella damascena)
Mignonette (Reseda odorata)
Nemophila menziesii
Phacelia species
Poached egg plant (Limnanthes douglasii)
Sunflower (Helianthus annuus)
Sweet sultan (Amberboa moschata)
Zinnia (Zinnia elegans)

Biennials
French honeysuckle (Hedysarum coronarium)
Hollyhock – single flowered (Alcea rosea)
Honesty (Lunaria annua)
Wallflower (Erysimum species)
Herbaceous perennials
Agastache foeniculum
Alyssum species
Anchusa azurea
Arabis species
Aubrieta species
Bellflowers (Campanula species)
Catmints (Nepeta species)
Cranesbill (Geranium species)
Dahlia – single-flowered species and cultivars
Eryngium species
Fleabane (Erigeron species)
Geum species
Globe artichoke (Cynara cardunculus)
Globe thistle (Echinops ritro)
Golden rod (Solidago species)
Gypsophila paniculata
Helenium species
Hellebores (Helleborus species)
Ice plant (Sedum spectabile)
Jacob’s ladder (Polemonium caeruleum)
Japanese anemone (Anemone × hybrida)
Lambs’ ears (Stachys byzantina)
Leopard’s bane (Doronicum species)
Liatris spicata
Michaelmas daisies (Aster species)
Monarda punctata
Oriental poppy (Papaver orientale)
Persicaria amplexicaule
Rudbeckia species
Salvia x superba
Scabious (Scabiosa species)
Sea hollies (Eryngium species)
Sidalcea malviflora
Thrift (Armeria maritima)
Verbena bonariensis
Veronica longifolia
White horehound (Marrubium vulgare)

Bulbs and corms
Allium species
Autumn crocus (Colchicum species)
Crocus species
Fritillaries (Fritillaria species)
Glory of the snow (Chionodoxa luciliae)
Grape hyacinth (Muscari species)
Hyacinth (Hyacinthus orientalis)
Siberian squill (Scilla siberica)
Snowdrops (Galanthus species)
Snowflakes (Leucojum and Acis species)
Winter aconite (Eranthis hyemalis)

Vegetables and culinary herbs
Asparagus
Brassicas left to flower
Broad bean
Hyssop (Hyssopus officinalis)
Marjoram (Origanum species)
Marrow and other cucurbits
Mint (Mentha species)
Rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis)
Runner bean
Sage (Salvia officinalis)
Thyme (Thymus species)

Trees and shrubs – surprisingly maybe there’s a large number of trees which bees love the flowers of!
Almond (Prunus dulcis)
Apple, including ornamental Malus
Barberry (Berberis species)
Blackberry
Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa)
Boston ivy (Parthenocissus tricuspidata)
Box (Buxus sempervirens)
Brooms (Cytisus species)
Caryopteris
Ceanothus species (spring-flowering types)
Cherry, including single-flowered ornamental types
Cherry laurel (Prunus laurocerasus)
Christmas box (Sarcococca species)
Clematis cirrhosa
Cotoneaster species
Currants, red, black, white and ornamental Ribes species
Daisy bush (Olearia species)
Daphne mezereum
Dogwood (Cornus alba)
Enkianthus campanulatus
Escallonia hybrids
False acacia (Robinia pseudoacacia)
Firethorn (Pyracantha cultivars)
Fuchsia species
Gaultheria shallon
Gooseberry
Gorse (Ulex species)
Hawthorns (Crataegus species)
Hazel (Corylus avellana)
Heather (Calluna vulgaris)
Heathers (Erica species)
Hebe species
Holly (Ilex aquifolium)
Horse chestnuts (Aesculus species)
Hypericum species
Indian bean tree (Catalpa bignonioides)
Ivy (Hedera helix)
Japanese quince (Chaenomeles speciosa and C. x superba)
Judas tree (Cercis siliquastrum)
Koelreuteria paniculata
Lavender (Lavandula species)
Lime (Tilia species) – note Tilia tomentosa ‘Petiolaris’ nectar is sometimes harmful to bumblebees
Loganberry
Lonicera × purpusii
Mahonia aquifolium
Maples (Acer species)
Mountain ash (Sorbus aucuparia)
Orange ball buddleia (Buddleja globosa)
Pear and ornamental Pyrus species
Perovskia atriplicifolia
Plums
Potentilla fruticosa
Raspberry
Rock rose (Helianthemum species)
Rose – single-flowered species types (Rosa species)
Snowberry (Symphoricarpos species)
Strawberry tree (Arbutus unedo)
Sycamore (Acer pseudoplatanus)
Sweet bay (Laurus nobilis)
Tetradium daniellii
Virginia creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia)
Weigela florida and hybrids
Willows, male forms, especially goat willow (Salix caprea)

Wild flowers
Bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis)
Birdsfoot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus)
Burdock (Arctium lappa)
Charlock (Sinapis arvensis)
Chickweed (Stellaria media)
Clovers (Trifolium species)
Coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara)
Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale)
Devil’s bit scabious (Succisa pratensis)
Field scabious (Knautia arvensis)
Figworts (Scrophularia species)
Hemp agrimony (Eupatorium cannabinum)
Hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium)
Horseshoe vetch (Hippocrepis comosa)
Knapweeds (Centaurea species)
Knotgrasses (Polygonum species)
Lesser celandine (Ranunculus ficaria)
Mallows (Malva species)
Marsh marigold (Caltha palustris)
Meadow clary (Salvia pratensis)
Meadowsweet (Filipendula ulmaria)
Poppies (Papaver species)
Purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria)
Red deadnettle (Lamium purpureum)
Rose bay willowherb (Epilobium angustifolium)
Teasel (Dipsacus fullonum)
Thistles (Cirsium species)
Toadflax (Linaria vulgaris)
Traveller’s joy (Clematis vitalba)
Valerian (Valeriana officinalis)
Viper’s bugloss (Echium vulgare)
White bryony (Bryonia dioica)
White melilot (Melilotus alba)
Yellow melilot (M. officinalis)
Yellow trefoil (Trifolium dubium)

Love fruit? Would you like to grow your own fruit trees in your own garden? It’s not difficult and if you buy this Buy fruit trees

Mini Orchard Collection – Apple Tree, Pear Tree & Plum Tree

Conference Pear – a true classic –

Victoria Plum – a beautiful sweet eating plum you’ll really enjoy

Braeburn Apple – juicy and crisp

How fantastic would it be to grow your own fruit – imagine being able to pick fruit from trees in your own garden! It’d be a great money saver too – with each tree giving you plenty of fruit, saving you money each year for many years to come.

Huge savings to be had on garden furniture at Focus DIY this week, with up to 70% off many lines.

Wentworth 7 piece set, was £349.99, now £149.99

As shown in this picyture – a lovely set of garden furniture, table and chairs
Made from FSC Eucalyptus
Parasol Hole
Easy assembly
Table Dimensions: 1499 x 859 x740mm (LWH)

The Cotswold Bistro set, was £99.99 now just £74.99

Made from FSC Eucalyptus
Easy Assembly
Weatherproof fittings

The Cotswold 5 piece set, was £199.99 now just £129.99

Dominica 5 piece set, was £299.99, now £149.99

New products today at John Lewis

John Lewis Scatter Cushion, Flame, 40x40cm £12.00
Scatter cushion, with removable sponge-clean fabric cover.

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